Looks like Camangi finally found my site and posted their note to me here. I saw this exact note on another site also... word for word except that one also said "you no fair."

I particularly like how they expect us to believe that a normal user actually bought the webstation and was impressed with it so much and so strongly disagreed with my review that they wrote this intense defense of it. Going so far as to say that I have a small ..um.. brain.. and to say that the first iphone was 'pathetic.' Also that there is no itouch tablet to compare it to - which I suspect in 2 days there will be.

I wish I hadn't been so busy over the last month and could have done the side by side comparison video of the webstation next to a first gen iphone. Maybe for fun I'll do that still. Stay tuned I guess.

I don't have that firmware yet. I saw it at CES and need to download it and try it out but I've been too busy. I'm also planning to do a popcorn hour popbox /slash/ promise nas combo video but I have a lot of other videos to make first. So little time...

How exactly did you get the refund? Was this after it arrived or before it shipped? Did you get it through Camangi, through Google Checkout, or through your credit card company?

I'm actually not THAT much of an apple fanboy. Apple pisses me off all the time.

I do think the iPhone is an amazing consumer electronic device. When I first got it I really felt like I was living in the future. A feeling that you want to get with every purchase, but only happens maybe once a decade. If you don't have one or are one of those people who reject it just because it's popular then you don't (can't) know what I'm talking about. I would say to you that YOU need to learn a little bit about modern devices because the iPhone is one of the most modern devices around. This year my nephew got one (he had been putting it off for a two years) and he called me and said "I can't believe how cool this is." That's what I had been saying for two years.

Because that day, when I first had the iPhone in my hand and said to myself "this changes everything", was over 2 years ago. So I'd say if you are one of those "I hate apple even when their right"-people - you're probably about 2 years behind "modern devices". Maybe you also still use rotary pay phones and think fax machines are voodoo because you put paper in here and it comes out there. Or maybe you really love your compact cd player and hate ipods because apple is stupid. But I digress.

I'm not a blind apple fanboy - even on the iPhone Apple makes greedy decisions and creates closed systems and makes me angry all the time. But the UI on the iPhone, as closed as it is, still kicks butt and works extremely smoothly. When I slide my finger the screen follows it as if I was moving something real - that IS virtual reality. Even a child can pick up an iPhone and instantly know how to use it - THAT is a great design. And whether you like it or not - believe it or not - the tech world IS waiting for apple to release a tablet. It's the most talked about thing right now on most all tech sites. And laugh at it all you want - but me starting this review with those words got it picked up all across the net. Go ahead and google "camangi webstation review" - the top 10 returns all quote this review that you think is 'funny to read.'

Oh, off topic a bit... the best consumer electronics device before the iPhone came out almost a decade earlier. In the early 90's the TiVo changed everything about the way we watch TV - but what have they done for us lately. Apple isn't going to release their iSlate until it's perfect. And then all the other companies will play catch up and try to copy their success. It's time to realize that Apple is now almost as big as Microsoft - and probably just about as evil.

But getting back to your point. I'm trying to understand your argument about my review. So what you are saying is that I should learn about other modern devices first (before writing stuff on my own blog - which is about modern devices) and through that schooling (about modern devices) be able to discern how and where to load music on the Camangi WebStation? Or that I should expect it to charge off USB when there's also a power plug which isn't USB based? And you think that it's acceptable for companies to not document anything and just put a note in the box saying "if you need help with this device just google random stuff about other modern devices. Ok.. I'm on board now.

I'm an impulse-buy consumer. I ordered it and asked questions later. Clearly I was wrong to do it, but decided to make the most out of it and review it for others who might be tempted to do the same thing. I've bought a few 'questionable' things to review on this site. (like the cat genie) and looking at the sales sheet never expected it to be THIS bad. I figured it would be passable.

Almost immediately after ordering I read someone else's comment on giz or engadget about the processor speed and ram, and started getting worried about its ability to play video. That's why in almost every correspondence with them I asked if it played full screen video, supported youtube and hulu, etc. They never responded because clearly it doesn't - it can barley keep up with slow typing.

So I'm surprised too that I didn't think of it before hand, but lesson learned and moving on. Thanks for your comments.

Check out my review at http://www.tomorrowland.com/2009/12/29/camangi-we... and keep watching because I will add some video soon to show just how slow this slug is. -Michael T. Smith

Well, having it work in a computer but not in the camera isn't as bad as having data on it that you can't get off. Obviously get all your data backed up. I'm not an expert on this camera, I just gave my impressions of it. I'd try basic troubleshooting techniques to narrow down the problem.

1. if a different memory card works fine in the camera you know it's the memory card. if a different memory card does not work in the camera you know it's the camera.

2. if it's the camera - take it to a sony style store or call sony for repair. I bought the return replacement warranty on mine.

3. if it's the memory card - first be thankful because memory cards are fairly cheap. You can try reformatting the memory stick in another camera to see if that fixes it. But overall your data is more important than anything. don't risk using that mem stick again and then having it fail on the computer too.

S'all I got.

I know! It BUL-LOWS! I've had a phone in my pocket every day for at least 10 years. And the last 2.5 years it was an iPhone. I was without friday, saturday, sunday, and got my old-old iphone reactivated on Monday. For a minute I considered just seeing how long I could go without one, but it's just not practical these days.

Thanks for posting Les. It looks great!

I appreciate your comments back. I also liked how your recipe was heavy on the nut to sugar ratio.

I'm a noob, especially at melting sugar. It was ok to lose one batch of sugar in the learning process. But the stuff tastes good. I've been crunching on it all day.